Instead of holding the ipc lock for the entire function, use the
ipcctl_pre_down_nolock and only acquire the lock for specific commands:
RMID and SET.
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx>
---
ipc/shm.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 216ae72..22cffd7 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -780,11 +780,10 @@ static int shmctl_down(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int shmid, int cmd,
down_write(&shm_ids(ns).rw_mutex);
rcu_read_lock();
- ipcp = ipcctl_pre_down(ns, &shm_ids(ns), shmid, cmd,
- &shmid64.shm_perm, 0);
+ ipcp = ipcctl_pre_down_nolock(ns, &shm_ids(ns), shmid, cmd,
+ &shmid64.shm_perm, 0);
if (IS_ERR(ipcp)) {
err = PTR_ERR(ipcp);
- /* the ipc lock is not held upon failure */
goto out_unlock1;
}
@@ -792,14 +791,16 @@ static int shmctl_down(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int shmid, int cmd,
err = security_shm_shmctl(shp, cmd);
if (err)
- goto out_unlock0;
+ goto out_unlock1;
switch (cmd) {
case IPC_RMID:
+ ipc_lock_object(&shp->shm_perm);
/* do_shm_rmid unlocks the ipc object and rcu */
do_shm_rmid(ns, ipcp);
goto out_up;
case IPC_SET:
+ ipc_lock_object(&shp->shm_perm);
err = ipc_update_perm(&shmid64.shm_perm, ipcp);
if (err)
goto out_unlock0;
@@ -807,6 +808,7 @@ static int shmctl_down(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int shmid, int cmd,
break;
default:
err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_unlock1;
}
out_unlock0:
--
1.7.11.7
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